EUGENE, Ore. — Everywhere it seems credit unions are energized with efforts to keep the American Dream of home ownership alive. Whether it's attempts to help people avoid foreclosure or launching first-mortgage programs, credit unions are trying harder to fill gaps in home lending.
Oregon Community Credit Union here just announced two new mortgage loan programs, including an ARMBuster Loan, which it created in response to looming foreclosures, and also added CUNA's National Home Loan Payment Relief, or HLPR Loan, to its menu.
Jerry Liudahl, OCCU's vice president of lending said, "I'd been kicking around the concept a while, based on what I was reading in the press about folks with adjustable rate mortgages who had no equity built up and resets coming. I thought it was an opportunity to let us help members and others in our community. I know there are people out there who got subprime mortgages but that don't necessarily have subprime credit."
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